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	On 27 February 2019, the Election Commission ordered Chowdhury to leave an upazila electoral zone in Rajshahi for violating rules.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=EC orders Rajshahi MP Omor Faruk Chowdhury to leave Upazila election zone\|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/02/27/ec-orders-rajshahi-mp-omor-faruk-chowdhury-to-leave-upazila-election-zone\|access-date=2020-08-31\|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>		On 27 February 2019, the Election Commission ordered Chowdhury to leave an upazila electoral zone in Rajshahi for violating rules.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=EC orders Rajshahi MP Omor Faruk Chowdhury to leave Upazila election zone\|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/02/27/ec-orders-rajshahi-mp-omor-faruk-chowdhury-to-leave-upazila-election-zone\|access-date=2020-08-31\|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

			==Controversy==
			He has been accused of beating and injuring a college principal named Selim Reza on 7 July. Though MP Omar Farooq Chowdhury denied the allegations against him, saying Selim Reza was injured in an internal clash. According to college sources, the principal alongside eight of his colleagues went to the MP's office to settle a matter regarding a conversation between a college professor's wife and a politician. During conversation, the MP started beating the college principal with a stick, said witnesses
			<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2022-07-13 \|title=AL MP allegedly beat college principal in Rajshahi \|url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/al-mp-allegedly-beat-college-principal-rajshahi-457646 \|access-date=2022-07-13 \|website=The Business Standard \|language=en}}</ref>
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{{Distinguish|text=the former Awami Jubo League Chairman with the same name}}
{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Omor Faruk Chowdhury
|native_name = ওমর ফারুক চৌধুরী
|native_name_lang = bn
|constituency_MP = [[Rajshahi-1]]
|term_start = 2008
|predecessor = [[Aminul Haque (politician)|Aminul Haque]]
|office1 = [[Ministry of Industries (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Industries]]
|term_start1 = 16 September 2012
|term_end1 = 24 January 2014
|predecessor1 = [[Rezaul Karim (politician)|Rezaul Karim]]
|successor1 = [[Kamal Ahmed Majumder]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|02|01|df=y}}
|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|nationality = Bangladeshi
|education = L.L.B (Hon's)
|occupation = Agriculture, Food processing Industry and Consultancy Business<ref name="bio"/>
}}

'''Omor Faruk Chowdhury''' (born 2 January 1960)<ref name="bio">{{Cite web|title=Constituency 52_11th_En|url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3658|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and the incumbent [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Rajshahi-1]] constituency. He served as a [[Ministry of Industries (Bangladesh)|state minister of industries]] from September 2012 until January 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-09-16|title=MKA replaces Shahara|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-249887|access-date=2020-08-31|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=35 to get CIP cards today for industrial excellence|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-261891|access-date=2020-08-31|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

==Education and career==
Chowdhury has a [[LLB degree]].<ref name=bio/>

Chowdhury was elected to the parliament from Rajshahi-1 in 2008 and on 5 January 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.<ref name="bio"/> He was sent a show cause notice by the Bangladesh Election Commission in April 2016 for violating electoral code by supporting candidates in local elections.<ref>{{cite news |title=EC issues show-cause notice to Rajshahi-1 MP Sheikh Omor Faruque |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/04/07/ec-issues-show-cause-notice-to-rajshahi-1-mp-Sheikh-omor-Faruque |access-date=6 December 2018 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> He is a former State Minister of Industries.

On 15 January 2018, Chowdhury was accused by a ''[[Prothom Alo]]'' report of being involved in a drug trade.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Azad |first1=Abul Kalam Muhammad |title=AL MP patronising drug trade! |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/169507/AL-MP-patronising-drug-trade |access-date=6 December 2018 |work=Prothom Alo |language=en}}</ref> He denied the allegations in a rejoinder to the ''Prothom Alo''. The ''Prothom Alo'' replied the report was based on a report by the Ministry of Home Affairs on the drug trade in Rajshahi.<ref>{{cite news |title=AL MP protests at drug trading report |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/169550/AL-MP-protests-at-drug-trading-report |access-date=6 December 2018 |work=Prothom Alo |language=en}}</ref>

On 27 February 2019, the Election Commission ordered Chowdhury to leave an upazila electoral zone in Rajshahi for violating rules.<ref>{{Cite news |title=EC orders Rajshahi MP Omor Faruk Chowdhury to leave Upazila election zone|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/02/27/ec-orders-rajshahi-mp-omor-faruk-chowdhury-to-leave-upazila-election-zone|access-date=2020-08-31|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
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[[Category:State Ministers of Industries]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]

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